diff --git a/app/components/org-item.coffee b/app/components/org-item.coffee
index 34b6a84f..64233d3e 100644
--- a/app/components/org-item.coffee
+++ b/app/components/org-item.coffee
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ OrgItemComponent = Ember.Component.extend
   ).property('account')
 
   avatarUrl: (->
-    console.log(@get('account'))
     @get('account.avatarUrl') || false
   ).property('account')
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/top.coffee b/app/controllers/top.coffee
index e532a19c..9c8f4584 100644
--- a/app/controllers/top.coffee
+++ b/app/controllers/top.coffee
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Controller = Ember.Controller.extend
   ).property('user.login', 'user.name')
 
   gravatarUrl: (->
-    "#{location.protocol}//www.gravatar.com/avatar/#{@get('user.gravatarId')}?s=48&d=mm"
+    if @get('user.gravatarId')
+      "#{location.protocol}//www.gravatar.com/avatar/#{@get('user.gravatarId')}?s=36&d=mm"
   ).property('user.gravatarId')
 
   defineTowerColor: (broadcastArray) ->
diff --git a/app/styles/app.scss b/app/styles/app.scss
index d4e03f6b..e82536f8 100644
--- a/app/styles/app.scss
+++ b/app/styles/app.scss
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 @import "app/modules/forms";
 @import "app/modules/notice";
 @import "app/modules/build-header";
+@import "app/modules/avatar";
 
 @import "app/layout";
 @import "app/layouts/dashboard";
diff --git a/app/styles/app/layouts/profile.sass b/app/styles/app/layouts/profile.sass
index b9fcd4d6..e3e84e36 100644
--- a/app/styles/app/layouts/profile.sass
+++ b/app/styles/app/layouts/profile.sass
@@ -128,9 +128,7 @@ p.profile-user-last
 
 .profile-orglist
   @media #{$large-up}
-    padding-right: 10em
-    aside
-      padding: 0
+    padding: 0 3em 0 0
 
 .profile-hooklist
   @include resetul
diff --git a/app/styles/app/modules/avatar.sass b/app/styles/app/modules/avatar.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2931168a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/styles/app/modules/avatar.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+%avatar
+  background-color: hotpink
+  border-radius: 50%
+  background-image: linear-gradient(top left, $grey-dark 30%, $grey-medium 40%, $grey-medium 60%, $grey-dark 70%)
+
+.default-avatar--profile
+  @extend %avatar
+  width: 2.6rem
+  height: 2.6rem
+
+.default-avatar--topbar
+  @extend %avatar
+  width: 2.7rem
+  height: 2.7rem
+  display: inline-block
+  vertical-align: middle
+  margin-left: 0.3em
diff --git a/app/templates/profile/accounts.hbs b/app/templates/profile/accounts.hbs
index 66767295..7673c395 100644
--- a/app/templates/profile/accounts.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/profile/accounts.hbs
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-
-<aside class="columns medium-4">
-  <section class="profile-orgs">
-    <ul>
-      {{org-item account=user}}
-    </ul>
-    <h1>Organizations</h1>
-    <ul>
-    {{#each organizations as |org|}}
-      {{org-item account=org}}
-    {{else}}
-      <li class="profile-text">You are not currently a member of <br> any organization.</li>
-    {{/each}}
-    </ul>
-  </section>
+<section class="profile-orgs">
+  <ul>
+    {{org-item account=user}}
+  </ul>
+  <h1>Organizations</h1>
+  <ul>
+  {{#each organizations as |org|}}
+    {{org-item account=org}}
+  {{else}}
+    <li class="profile-text">You are not currently a member of <br> any organization.</li>
+  {{/each}}
+  </ul>
+</section>
 {{#if config.githubOrgsOauthAccessSettingsUrl}}
   <section class="profile-additional">
     <p>Is an organization missing?<br>
       <a href={{config.githubOrgsOauthAccessSettingsUrl}} title="Orgs Oauth Access Settings on GitHub">Review and add</a> your authorized organizations.</p>
   </section>
 {{/if}}
-</aside>
diff --git a/app/templates/top.hbs b/app/templates/top.hbs
index 162046da..b91d555d 100644
--- a/app/templates/top.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/top.hbs
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
           <button class="signed-out button--signin" {{action "signIn" target="auth"}}>Sign in with GitHub</button>
         {{/if}}
         {{#if auth.signedIn}}
-          {{#link-to "profile" class="navigation-anchor signed-in"}}{{userName}}<img src={{gravatarUrl}} />
+          {{#link-to "profile" class="navigation-anchor signed-in"}}{{userName}}
+          {{#if gravatarUrl }}<img src={{gravatarUrl}} />{{else}}<div class="default-avatar--topbar"></div>{{/if}}
           {{/link-to}}
         {{/if}}
         {{#if auth.signingIn}}
diff --git a/app/views/profile-accounts.coffee b/app/views/profile-accounts.coffee
index 67486cbf..20a32553 100644
--- a/app/views/profile-accounts.coffee
+++ b/app/views/profile-accounts.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 View = BasicView.extend
   tabBinding: 'controller.tab'
-  classNames: ['profile-orglist']
+  classNames: ['profile-orglist', 'columns', 'medium-4']
+  tagName: 'aside'
   templateName: 'profile/accounts'
   classAccounts: (->
     'active' if @get('tab') == 'accounts'